On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:19PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
Dan posted a very clear
analysis here during the height of the recent "pedophilia" scandal
that
showed that rates of pedophilia among Catholic priests was no
higher than in
the general population at large, and I seem recall reading
somewhere else --
Time? Newsweek? -- that the rates are actually *lower* among Catholic
priests than among the general public.
Dan only told one side of the story (as to be expected from a
dishonest religious apologist). Dan is not credible or trustworthy at
all when it comes to matters of religion. He has an agenda and no
interest in any facts or arguments that contradict it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_sex_abuse_allegations
"Opinion is very divided on whether there is any connection between
the Catholic institution of celibacy and the incidence of child
abuse, for a number of reasons: there are relatively few statistical
studies on the issue of sexual abuse among the clergy; sexual abuse
rates among the general population are almost impossible to
determine, since 90-95%[citation needed] of instances of child
molesting go unreported; and many of the parties in the discussion
are trying to further their own pro- or anti-celibacy agenda,
regardless of statistical or factual evidence. Therefore, no
consensus can be reported here."
--
William T Goodall
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Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong are
the arbitrary proclamations of invisible demons.
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